Poot's Palace

One of Mecklenburgs Counties hard working building inspectors gave me a chuckle yesterday. I was dropping off some O&M's at a contractors office yesterday afternoon in order to kill a little time while at work. I decided drop in at the Citgo to buy a can of Skoal Mint. I see an inspector fueling his truck and talking to someone else beside the gas pump. When I came out of the store those two people are still chatting. I sit in my truck, pack the dip, and throw a little chew in, and then hear a strange loud noise. I turn to look and what do i see to my humor, the building inspector forgot to take the gas pump out of his car after fueling. He just starts driving out of the parking lot with the pump and a long hose trailing him. Being unsure of how gas pumps are constructed, I high-tailed it out of there myself before any gas or other fumes leaked and blew the place to pieces. I didn't hear about any exploding gas stations on the news last night, so i will assume all turned out just fine. Thank you Mr. Building Inspector for making my taxes go up on account of your stupidity.